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County Meetings Scheduled:
If your county meeting
date is not on the schedule please contact Ken
at NEILSA
Allamakee County
Meeting - Oct 30 9:30 Waukon KD CE
Black Hawk
County Meeting - When called - seldom
Bremer County
Meeting -
Buchanan
County
Meeting -
Butler County
Meeting - April 5, 2005 7:00 Dumont
Chickasaw County Meeting - ??????
Clayton
County Meeting - April 19, 2005 7:00 Elkader
Delaware County
Meeting
- Nov. 9 at 7:00 Colesburg KD
Dubuque
County - Thursday, Nov. 18,
University of Wisconsin, Platteville
Fayette County Meeting
- October 28 at 9:30 in
Oelwein KD
Grundy
County
Meeting - Oct. 25 9:00 am at the Dike PL KD CE
Howard
County
Meeting - April 5, 2005
7:00 in Elma KD CE
Winneshiek County Meeting
- November 4, 2004 @ 7:00 in Fort A KD
NEXT weeks
meetings
Your Sponsor reminds
County
Associations THAT: One & Two hour
CE
Workshops are available upon prior request, from the NEILSA
staff
person
in attendance, just call.
NOTE: Tentative
staff assignment: KD = Ken
(Consultant), ER = Eunice (Administrator)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Accreditation forms due Jan. 31, 2005
- Legislative Day – Mar. 2, 2005
IMPORTANT:
The staff of the Conrad Public Library has been exposed to whooping cough
and are now on medication. Two of the staff members attended the ILA conference
last week.
It takes 2-3 weeks from exposure before symptoms appear. It begins with
cold like symptoms and a cough. If you get these symptoms, you may want to see a
doctor.
EYE-OPENER: (unedited)
Good
Morning! This time in EYE-OPENER:
1) "Trustee
Time & Talent" November 13th
2) National
Children's Book Week November 15-21,
2004
3) "Dewey
or Don't We Librarians' Cookbook" Published
1) "Trustee
Time & Talent" November 13th: Register now for a brand new board
development workshop designed especially for trustees. "TRUSTEE TIME & TALENT" is coming up
on November 13th at Milford Public Library & Community Center. I presented
this program in Carroll in August; November 13th offers a second opportunity for
the northern-most libraries. Here's the link to online registration: http://www.nwils.lib.ia.us/class.html ;
And here's a description:
"TRUSTEE TIME & TALENT" presents three key
aspects of using trustees' time and talent to greatest advantage: (1) recruiting
prospective trustees to fill vacancies; (2) ideas for keeping trustees actively
engaged in meaningful, role-appropriate tasks; and (3) retraining trustees
through ongoing educational opportunities. Ideas will encourage boards to focus
on "Big Picture" issues and on their role as advocates..."
I've taken this
program on the road in recent months: to Coralville in April, to Urbandale in
July, and to Carroll in August. Here's what previous audiences have said:
"...I
learned how important active trustees are to the success of a
library"
"...so
many of the areas covered will be beneficial to our
board"
"...this should be required of all trustees; we all need our
responsibilities defined"
"...this was my first meeting as a trustee--excellent
information"
Flyers were mailed to all N.W. board presidents in late
September. The cost is $15.00, which includes workshop handouts, AM
coffee & donuts, and a catered lunch. There
will be door prizes too! This program is funded in part by a grant from
the Iowa Library Trustees' Association. Please discuss this at your October
board meetings and make plans to send at least 1 representative from your
boards. If you can't register online, just give
us a call--that works too;-) Hope to see a good-size crowd there! Please call
with questions...thanks.
2) National
Children's Book Week November 15-21, 2004: It's not too early to put
plans in motion to celebrate National Children's Book Week, coming up November
15-21. Since 1919, educators, libraries, and bookstores have celebrated
National Children's Book Week during the week before Thanksgiving. Join the
party and share the joy of reading in your local libraries by using this year's
theme "LET'S BOOK."
A wonderful assortment of
decorative posters and promotional materials are available for ordering through
The Children's Book Council--posters, streamers, bookmarks, and more. In fact,
a new bookmark this year features a poem by actor John Lithgow entitled "I Need
A Good Book." (Lithgow is also a children's author; his new book released this
year is called "A Lithgow Palooza: 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire Your
Kids") To order National Children's Book Week materials from The Children's
Book Council, visit their website: www.cbcbooks.org or call 1-800-999-2160 for a
full-color catalog.
3) "Dewey
or Don't We Librarians' Cookbook" Published: For those of you who
didn't have a chance to see this at the ILA Conference last week, this is
a brand new cookbook edited by Susan Henricks from Dubuque Public Library. It's
a 281-page book, replete with 374 recipes submitted from 23 states and 4
countries. The recipes were contributed by library staff in public, academic,
school, and special libraries. In addition to being
presented in Dewey Decimal order with Library of Congress Subject Headings,
there are hundreds of quotes throughout the book on what authors and writers
have had to say about food and cooking throughout history.
The "Dewey or Don't We Cookbooks" sell for $15.00 plus shipping.
(shipping charges: 1 book = $4.00 / 2 books = $5.00 / 3 books = $6.00. Email
for a quote if shipping more than 3 books) Proceeds from the cookbook sales go
to The Iowa Library Association Foundation Endowed Speakers' Fund. Make checks
payable to: Susan Henricks, 3120 Shiras Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001. For more information, email deweycooks@mchsi.com
More next week...thanks for
reading!
Bonnie
McKewon
Director,
Northwest Iowa Library Services
CHANGES: None reported
Advocatvs
Diaboli: This term
has come to mean anyone who argues a position that he does not believe
in, simply for the sake of
arguing and/or promoting discussion; or to present a counter argument
for a position he does believe in to another debater, for the purpose
of testing the
quality of the counter argument and identifying weaknesses in his own
argument.
Q&A:
In (a certain county) County, (a certain city) is incorporated, has ### population and contracts
with (another city) for full service at less than $1 per cap. County does about $21
for unincorp residents and cities average 43 for residents.
What should (a certain city)
According to a chart from Department of Management the
taxable value is $3,8##,### times 0.0000675=$2## is being collected from people by city
be
collecting? Does $1 per cap meet the Code requirement for cities with no
library?
The Code of Iowa requires the city to provide
for library services and to collect at least 6 3/4 cents/$1000 valuation, the
code does not require the city to pay for the service. It is a contract
if the city can get a contract for less than it collected it wins; keeps the
difference. If the public library provides service at no charge the city wins
bigger.
You were
very into the county contracts so hope you have some expertise to share here
too. This would be city with no library contracting with city with library and
thereby having full access to all libraries.
New
LINKS of interest:
FROM: CNET Membership <CNET_Networks_Member_Services@newsletters.online.com>;
"...how to maintain a smooth-running computer..."
Mark's winning answer
Honorable mentions
PC maintenance utilities recommended by our members
Reference sites recommended by our members
Best regards and enjoy!
Lee Koo
CNET Community
Information can save the cookies
Google Results Difference Between Life Or Death
When was the last time you Google-stalked yourself? It might
have been back on September 29 when the NewsBreak editor's note
discussed the practice. Several of you e- mailed about what you found
when you typed in your own name; thanks again for sharing the surprises
you found.
Solipsistic Google-stalking is a bit of a parlor trick, but this week it took on much more serious connotations. In
a story that didn't get as much U.S. press attention as it should have, kidnappers in Iraq freed an Australian
journalist after they verified his identify with a Google search. The Google results confirmed that John Martinkus
was in fact a freelancer working for Dateline SBS, a production of the Australian Special Broadcasting Service.
The kidnappers had suspected that he was a U.S. contractor, CIA agent, or an informer for U.S. interests.
My guess is that every foreign correspondent, NGO worker,
and government contractor on assignment in a war zone has checked their
own search results within the last 48 hours. Appearing in the top ten
results isn't just a marketing objective anymore. Note to the
accounting departments at CNN and KBR: you're going to see "keywords"
as a line item on some expense reports this month.
Go to the source:
Google Saves Kidnapped Journalist in Iraq, Search Engine Journal
CONSORTIA
The following E-rate training sessions are available to
libraries new to the E-rate process. They will be done by
Pam Pfitzenmaier, Dept. of Education. It's time to start thinking about applying for E-rate
funding for the 2005-06 school year (E-rate funding year 2005).
For those folks who are new to the E-rate program, we will
hold two ICN info sessions on Wednesday, October 27, and Thursday,
October 28, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. (Only need to attend one session;
each is a repeat).
You have one week.
FCC Registration Numbers
-- the libraries in the following list are the ones for whom we have
applied for and received a FCC Registration Number as of noon
10/21/2004. You must have an FCC Registration Number before 11/1/2004
we will not be able to apply for e-rate for you
PLEASE DO NOT PUT OFF GETTING THE EIN TO US RIGHT AWAY.
When we get your number we will fax you a copy of the form, if you have not received a fax you have no number.
FCC Registration Numbers DONE
| Allison Public Library |
| Aplington, Legion Memorial, |
|
Aurora Public Li |
|
Beaman Community Library |
|
Clermont Public Library |
|
Colesburg Public Library |
|
CONSORTIA |
|
Cresco Public Library |
|
Denver Public Library |
|
Dike Public Library |
| Dumont, Brown Memorial, |
| Dyersville, James Kennedy Library, |
|
Earlville, Ruth Suckow |
|
Elgin Public Library |
|
Elma Public Library |
|
Fairbank Public Library |
|
Farmersburg Public Library |
|
Garnavillo Public Library |
|
Greene Public Library |
| Grundy Center, Kling Memorial |
|
Ionia Public Library |
|
Jesup Public Library |
|
Lamont Public Library |
|
Lime Springs Public Library |
|
Manchester Public Library |
|
Monona, Murphy |
|
New Hampton Public Library |
|
NEILSA |
| Parkersburg, Kothe Memorial, |
|
Postville Public Library |
|
Reinbeck Public Library |
|
Spillville Public Library |
|
Waucoma Public Library |
| Waukon, Robey Memorial, |
|
Winthrop Public Library |
If you have
specific
questions about your e-rate "account" call Glen,
9:00 - noon at NEILSA office.
Glen
tells me that ALL
486's are now in.
EVERYONE who is not
currently getting discounts from last years credits
should contact us via e-mail
at: assist@neilsa.org ; we will check
and see if you are part of the 486 problem or on the B.E.A.R. list and
get back to you.
The
following libraries are NOT filed as part of the
Consortia and are therefor not on the:
Technology Plan
Form
470 and all subsequent filings
FCC Registration Number
Cedar Falls, Evansdale,
Elkader, Guttenberg, Hawkeye, LaPorte
City, Waterloo, Waverly.
IF
you feel you should not be on this list let us know
(in writing please), if you wish to start doing your own e-rate let us
know in writing also.
CE: {That
would be classes with credits toward recertification.}
ALA launches on-line Continuing Education Clearinghouse
CHICAGO
- The American Library Association (ALA) has launched a new online
Continuing Education (CE) Clearinghouse at www.ala.org/ce. It is
designed to meet the professional development needs and career
interests of library staff and boards.
http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/september2004/OnlineCEClearinghouse.htm
Target date for LIBRARY 101 in Fall 2004 is December 10th
SPECIAL
WORKSHOPS:
ICN session
scheduled by the State Library. Sandy Dixon is presenting the program
"Funding for your Library: The Special Tax Levy. The Date/time for
this session is Thursday, November 18 18:00 to 19:30
New DuPage Teleconferences Announced: A brand new series of
teleconferences sponsored by the College of DuPage Illinois is
ready for the 2004--2005 season. Again this year, the State
Library and BCR are partnering in bringing these satellite
teleconferences to Iowa, beamed into ICN rooms across the
state. Here's a preview of the DuPage programming, beginning
in November:
November 19, 2004: "The
Role of Teaching in Modern Libraries"
January 21, 2005:
"Dealing with Difficult People"
February 18, 2005:
"Library Marketing"
March 11, 2005:
"Reference Tools for the Information Age"
March 18, 2005:
"Library Transformation: Library as Place"
April 29, 2005:
"Library Hot Topics for Today and Tomorrow"
June 3, 2005:
"Information Literacy"
CLASSES in
NEILSA:
- Upcoming CE
- Currently scheduled:
- Library 101 – next
Dec. 10
- NEILSA will be
hosting further software training as well
- Security Workshop –
probably in Nov.
- Administrator's
roundtable – waiting for dates on other sessions to fall into place
- Get Organized, Dec 8, 8:30 – 4:00, Oelwein -- Limited enrollment
- Pathfinder Workshop,
Nov. 5, NICC Peosta
OTHER CE: You must register with the
listed provider.
"Learning Activity
Written Summary" may be found at:
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm
GRANTS:
Support Staff
Grant. will make it possible for an eligible individual
(or
individuals) to attend ALA Annual in Chicago
in June 2005.
Eligibility
Requirements: Currently employed in
a
full time support staff position; Minimum of three years of experience
in an
area of technical services (acquisitions, cataloging, collection
development/management, preservation of library materials, serials); No
previous attendance at an ALA annual meeting Successful
candidates will be required to
submit a brief report describing their
experiences at the annual conference. This report will be
published
in the post-conference issue of the
ALCTS
Newsletter Online and will also
be shared with
the sponsor. The ALCTS Membership
Committee will provide mentoring support for each candidate.
To
apply: Send a
cover letter, resume and a brief essay (ca. 250 words) summarizing the
reasons
why attending the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Library
Association
would be beneficial. A letter of reference from the
applicant's
supervisor, indicating the employer's support for the
application is also
required.
Applications should be
sent by December
1, 2004
to: Dale Swensen
email: Dale_Swensen@byu.edu
Successful applicants
will be notified in January. All
necessary travel arrangements will be handled by ALCTS.
The American
Library
Association (ALA) and the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are accepting applications for the We The People Bookshelf on
"freedom" grants. Part of the NEH's We the
People initiative, the annual grant project will award sets of 15
classic books for young readers to 1,000 libraries across the country.
Libraries interested in receiving the collection are required to
develop and host a program to introduce the collection and its theme of
freedom to students and/or patrons.
Guidelines
and
applications for Round One are
available online at www.ala.org/wethepeople
until October 20, 2004.
Applications for Round Two will be
accepted from December 16, 2004 to February 16, 2005.
Building Consulting
Grants
The
State
Library
allocates Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds to provide
Iowa libraries with building consultation. These grants allow
librarians to get professional advice from impartial consultants who
provide
guidance and recommendations to library staff, city officials and the
community on the extent and complexity of a building project. The
building consulting grants have been funded by the State Library since
fiscal year 1994. Grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded as funds
are available. A library that has
received the entire $2,500 grant is not eligible for another one.
http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/LSTA/building-consulting-grants.htm
END PLATE: Long Announcements, Supporting
Documents, & other "stuff"
Other blogs:
SWILSA
House blog at: http://www.swilsa.blogspot.com
Blogs
for Libraries
[WebJunction] http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=1432
On line Newsletters:
Regional Rag. http://www.sls.lib.ia.us/rag.htm OR
Go to http://www.sls.lib.ia.us - click
on
"Regional Rag" and then the issue you wish to read.
The fine print stuff
blog - Friday Notes 2 AT
- http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/
EDITORS NOTES:
"x" & "xx" are catalogers shorthand for: x = See &
xx = See also
NOTICE DISCLAIMER - pick one, any one will do.
MY disclaimer:
Basically my opinions are my own, shared by no one else (sometimes),
and are not the opinions of my agency,
my board, my co-workers, my parents, siblings, relatives, my dogs
or most any other know life form. Except, of course, those
very bright concerned, sensitive, perceptive &, in general, well
educated, widely read and cultured individuals who wish to share this
peculiar road to ruin, as well as a couple of down & out drugged
out beatniks from the good old days. OK? The "Prime Directive"
applies.
Edited by:
Ken Davenport - NEILSA Consultant
davenport@neilsa.org
COPYLEFT NOTICE 2002:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS FREE.
It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set
down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at
http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
COPYRIGHT
Please note: material found on the web should be assumed to be under
copyright and is presented here for purposes of education and research
only.
NOTE: If credited [via ???] or [from so & so] it is their material
and not covered by my "Copyleft" notice. Ken
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BOILER PLATE FOOTNOTES:
1. WARNING: I will be able to give you about
a 5 working day warning on deadlines (by e-mail, less otherwise) I have
10 days to reply, if I miss the deadline, well I won't miss, if you
miss ... I'll send it in late but ...
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